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Urban-India leads in unemployment; Retail largest employer
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Tuesday, 07 April 2009, 18:51 IST |
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Bangalore: Unemployment rates are much higher among educated individuals, especially the ones in urban areas, according to the Indian Labor Market Report 2009 published by Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), reported The Economic Times.
Among emerging sectors, the retail sector is the largest employer, followed by construction, the report says. While the segments including hospitality, transport, communication and wholesale and retail trade, have witnessed temporary recruitment. The case of temporary recruits is far less pronounced in the segments such as financial intermediation, mining and quarrying and real estate. The report is based on the survey conducted by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO).
While Goa has the highest unemployment rates of 11.4 percent, followed by Kerala at 9.1 percent, states, which enjoy the lowest unemployment rates, are Uttaranchal and Chattisgarh - 0.5 percent and 0.8 percent, respectively, shows a state-wise analysis of the trend.
Gender-wise, urban women have the highest unemployment rates (9.2 percent) while the lowest is accounted for by rural women at 7.31 percent. "It is desirable that the existing pattern of the Indian labor market - a dichotomy in gender, region, social security, and education - must undergo significant changes to favor more human development," says TISS associate professor Bino Paul.
The percentage of urban women, who are not part of the labor force, is higher than that of their rural counterparts. While in most states, the percentage of rural women, not part of the labor force, is nearly 60-70 percent, the corresponding figure for their urban counterparts is close to 80 percent.